Example sentences of "did it with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did it with Dangerous Lady , too , which was an amazing success for us last year [ it sold some 130,000 copies ] . |
| 2 | And if you did it with real panache , and with a sense of luxury , it was called Gran Turismo . |
| 3 | It 's perhaps perhaps easier to see it as the as the N As and the O Hs though okay or if we did it with sulphuric acid we 'd have hydrogen sulphate plus sodium hydroxide what 's that going to give us ? |
| 4 | Out of the corner of her mouth — and she did it with great flair — Sorrel said : |
| 5 | He managed to turn Llewelyn 's imposing new title , compounded of the old sacred name for a reassurance to the Welsh , and the added flourish for English ears that had scarcely heard of Aberffraw , into a satirical comment , but he did it with great delicacy . |
| 6 | did it with that . |
| 7 | ‘ Court proceedings could be long and drawn out , and how do you prove when a player went in for a tackle he did it with intent to harm his opponent ? |
| 8 | The new army had to hold the Western Front after the demoralization of the French , following General Nivelle 's failed offensive of 16 April-21 May 1917 and did it with such success , that Allied victory became a possibility in 1918 . |
| 9 | They did it with such tenderness that I gained new strength from their friendship , suddenly seeing the value in continuing , if only to deepen that shared bond . |
| 10 | The subject fascinated him ; he always talked about money ; but did it with such an ingenuous enthusiasm that the effect was not alienating . |
| 11 | He had come to it relatively late in his short life , having dulled the joys of promiscuity , music and organization early on , and like everything else he took an interest in , he did it with terrifying brilliance . |
| 12 | One yearned for Richards to make the romantics smile by sending in two bowlers to polish them off , reflecting that when Percy Chapman did it with fifteen needed against Australia in 1928–9 ( and lost two wickets ! ) , |
| 13 | I did it with some stuff before |
| 14 | Like the prophets of the Old Testament , she was compelled to reprove sinners , especially those in high places , such as the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and , like the prophets , she did it with immense tactlessness . |
| 15 | The only difference was that Francis did it with more charm . |
| 16 | So we 're just adding the conductances again , and if we did it with three of , we had sort of three pipes |